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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 11, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0894

CVE-2001-0894

Description

Vulnerability in Postfix SMTP server before 20010228-pl07, when configured to email the postmaster when SMTP errors cause the session to terminate, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) by generating a large number of SMTP errors, which forces the SMTP session log to grow too large.

Affected products

3
  • Wietse Venema/Postfix3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:wietse_venema:postfix:1999-09-06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:wietse_venema:postfix:1999-09-06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wietse_venema:postfix:1999-12-31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wietse_venema:postfix:2000-02-28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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